Components of the Major

*Courses in bold are being offered in SPRING 2025. All diversity or Messina sections for any course listed below will be counted as GT.

The major has five required components:

Foundational component
Analytical component
Topical component
Senior seminar
International Experience

See the typical course sequence and schedule of required courses.

Foundational Component (7 required courses)

These courses introduce students to social scientific approaches to global issues and to the basics of quantitative analysis.

EC 102 Microeconomics Principles
EC 103 Macroeconomics Principles (Same class as HN 231 Honors Seminar: Macroeconomics Principles)
EC 220 Business Statistics or ST 110 Introduction to Statistical Methods and Data Analysis or ST2 10 Introduction to Statistics
GT 201 Introduction to Global Studies
HS 100 Encountering the Past
PS 350 Comparative Politics
SC 202 Social Change and Social Power or SC 203 Globalization and Society

Analytical Component (4 courses)

These courses deepen and expand the analytical perspectives and knowledge bases addressed in the foundational courses. They are broadly comparative or global in focus. Students choose one course from each departmental grouping listed below:

Economics

EC 304 Survey Of International Economics
EC 348 Development Economics
EC 440 International Financial Economics
EC 446 International Trade

History (non-western)

HS 200 (for students in catalogue year 2022 - 2023 and beyond) or HS 300-level courses (for students prior to catalogue year 2022 - 2023) also satisfy the second core requirement in history; only 400-level courses count as core credit for students in the Honors Program.

HS 220 Colonial Africa (Open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 388)
HS 223 Women and Gender in Middle East (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 397)
HS 224 Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean from Troy to Iraq (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 324)
HS 227 Introduction Modern Latin America
HS 233 Global Communism (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 311)
HS 236 The Black Death in Global Perspective (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as
HS 320)
HS 250 Introduction to Islamic History (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS 393)
HS 252 History of South Asia in the Twentieth Century (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS 380)
HS 263 Empire in East Asia 1600 - Present (open to studnets using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS 376)
HS 274 East Asia on Film (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS 374)
HS 311 Communism: A Global History (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 233)
HS 320 The Black Death in Global Perspective (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as
HS 236)
HS 324 Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean from Troy to Iraq (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 224)
HS 364 War Memory (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 447)
HS 373 Nationalism and Decolonization (open to students using the 2022-2023 academic catalgue and beyond; same as HS 443)
HS 374 East Asia on Film (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 274)
HS 376 Empire in East Asia 1600 - Present (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 263)
HS 380 History of South Asia in the Twentieth Century (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 252D)
HS 388 Colonial Africa (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 -2023; same as HS 220)
HS 389 Gender and Power in Modern Africa (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 441)
HS 390 Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
HS 393 Introduction to Islamic History (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 250)
HS 396 Modern Middle East Through Literature and Film
HS 397 Women and Gender in the Middle East(open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as
HS 223)
HS 441 Gender and Power in Modern Africa (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 389)
HS 443 Nationalism and Decolonization (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 373)
HS 450 History of Afghanistan
HS 447 War Memory (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 364)
HS 478 Seminar: Global Histories of Sexuality
HS 489 Seminar: America in the Middle East
HS 490 Seminar: Environmental History in Latin America
HS 492 Seminar: Minority Identity and Citizenship in the Modern World
HS 495 Seminar: East Asia in the Global 1960s

Political Science

PS 310 Protest and Mobilization in Authoritarian Regimes
PS 355 Global Governance and International Institutions
PS 357 The Politics of Globalization
PS 365 International Politics (preferred)

Sociology

SC 101 prerequisite waived for global studies majors (manual registration required).

SC 277 The Sociology of Food and Foodscapes
SC 339 Conflict and Peace Studies
SC 362 Global Inequalities
SC 363 Special Topics in Global Studies: Global Immigration
SC 373 Sociology of Human Rights
SC 374 Sociology of Development
SC 376 Israel-Palestine: Conflict Narratives, Media Framing, and Peace-Building
SC 377 Social Movements and Social Protest
SC 378 Islamic Social Movements
SC 422 Food Fight: The Inequality, Injustice, and Resistance in the Food System
SC 440 Seminar: Global Sociology
SC 441 Seminar: Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation in Divided Societies

Topical Component

Students complete this component by choosing four courses that focus on a specific topic or theme.

4 courses are required to complete the topic
At least 2 different Global Studies disciplines must be represented
Up to 2 courses may be outside of the Global Studies disciplines
2 courses must be at the 300 level or higher

Topic 1: Globalization and Sustainable Development

Economies, societies and cultures have become increasingly integrated. This topic focuses on the dynamics of global change at the economic, social, political, cultural and environmental level. Also, this topic focuses on the factors that impinge on the economic and social progress of countries and regions in parts of the world that are considered less developed. These countries and regions are most often found in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, and Eastern Europe. Important aspects of this topic will include the sources of underdevelopment, the extent and dynamics of inequality and poverty, and the impact of colonization and decolonization on the political, economic and social evolution of these regions.

Economics options for Topic 1

EC 304 Survey Of International Economics
EC 348 Development Economics
EC 360 Environmental Economics
EC 440 International Financial Economics
EC 446 International Trade

History options for Topic 1

HS 211 American Environmental History (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as (HS 343)
HS 213 A Century of Diplomacy: U.S. Foreign Policy Since 1890 (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 363)
HS 222 Global Environmental History (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 399)
HS 223 Women and Gender in the Middle East (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as
HS 397D)
HS 246 History of Modern China (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 377D)
HS 247 History of Modern Japan (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 378D)
HS 249D History of Mexico (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 385D)
HS 252 History of South Asia 20th Century (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 380D)
HS 255 Indian History, Culture, and Religion through Film (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 375)
HS 263 Empire in East Asia: 1600 - Present (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 376)
HS 317 Germans in Africa, Africans in Germany (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as
HS 417D)
HS 342 Health and Illness in Latin America (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 442D)
HS 343 American Environmental History (same as HS 211)
HS 363 A Century of Diplomacy: U.S. Foreign Policy Since 1890 (same as HS 213)
HS 372 The Vietnam War through Film and Literature (same as HS 451)
HS 373 Contesting Empire: Nationalism and Decolonization in the Afro-Atlantic World (same as HS 443)
HS 375 Indian History, Culture and Religion through Film (same as HS 255)
HS 376 Empire in East Asia: 1600 - Present (same as HS 263)
HS 377 History of Modern China (same as HS 246)
HS 378 History of Modern Japan (same as HS 247)
HS 380 History of South Asia in the Twentieth Century (same as
HS 252)
HS 385 History of Mexico (same as HS 249)
HS 389Gender and Power in Modern Africa (same as HS 441)
HS 390 Gender & Sexuality in Latin America
HS 397 Women and Gender in the Middle East (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as
HS 223)
HS 399 Global Environmental History (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 222)
HS 417 Germans in Africa, Africans in Germany (same as HS 317)
HS 441 Gender and Power in Modern Africa (same as HS 389)
HS 442 Health & Illness in Latin America (same as HS 342)
HS 443 Nationalism and Decolonization (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 373)
HS 489D Seminar: America in the Middle East
HS 490 Seminar: Environmental History in Latin America
HS 495 Seminar: East Asia in the Global 1960s

Political Science options for Topic 1

PS 302 Chinese Politics
PS 303 Latin American Politics
PS 304 Politics of the Middle East
PS 307 The Global Politics of Migration
PS 308 China and Globalization
PS 309 Political Economy of Development
PS 310 Protest and Mobilization in Authoritarian Regimes
PS 311 African Politics
PS 332 Politics Through Literature and Film
PS 335 Refugees and International Politics
PS 336D Politics and Globalization of Taiwan
PS 355 Global Governance and International Institutions
PS 357 The Politics of Globalization
PS 358 Global Environmental Politics
PS 360 Transitional Justice
PS 364 International Relations through Non-Western Lenses
PS 365 International Politics
PS 404 Seminar: Protest and Resistance in Contemporary China

Sociology options for Topic 1

SC 276 Human Health and the Environment
SC 362 Global Inequalities
SC 373 Sociology of Human Rights
SC 374 Sociology of Development
SC 422 Food Fight: Inequality, Injustice, and Resistance in the Food System
SC 440 Seminar: Global Sociology

Course options outside the Global Studies Disciplines for Topic 1

AC 315 Comparative Business Environments (same as FI 315)
BH 282 Global Environment of Business (or IB 282)
BL 104 Twisted Planet: Global Issues in Biology
BL 276 Human Health and the Environment
CH 114 Global Environment
EN 376 Postcolonial Literature
EN 385 Seminar in Post-Colonial Literature
FI 315 Comparative Business Environments (Sames as AC 315)
FI 340 Global Financial Management
FR 307 French for Health Professionals and Humanitarian Aid
FR 315 French for International Relations
IB 282 Global Environment of Business (or BH282)
IB 300 Intro Czech Business and Culture (same as MG 300)
IB 415 International Management
IB 473 Global Strategic Alliances (same as MG473)
IS 360 Management of Global Info Tech
LW 410 International Business Law
LW 411 Environmental Law and Policy
MG 300 Intro Czech Business and Culture (same as IB 300)
MG 333 Global Strategy for Sustainability
MG 473 Global Strategic Alliances (same as IB473)
PL 314 Environmental Ethics
TH 312 Christian Environmental Ethics
TH 395 Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation

Topic 2: Conflict, Justice, and Human Rights

Violence is a universal feature of human societies, affecting the lives of individuals as well as of entire communities – local, national and transnational. To build a world more just and peaceful, we need to study how conflicts arise, how they develop and how they can be solved. Moreover, to reaffirm human rights for individuals and minorities we need to study their historical evolution, and examine the existence and implications of injustice and infringements on human rights.

History options for Topic 2

HS 213 A Century of Diplomacy: U.S. Foreign Policy Since 1890 (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 363)
HS 218 The Civil Rights Era (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 366)
HS 223 Women and Gender in the Middle East (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as
HS 397)
HS 224 Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean from Troy to Iraq (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 324)
HS 228 Peace and War in Ancient Rome (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as CL 228,
HS 307 and CL 307)
HS 233 Global Communism (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 311)
HS 241 Revolutionary America (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 346)
HS 244 African American History through Film (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS
359)
HS 248 Violence and Holiness in 20th Century El Salvador (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS 395)
HS 251 Global Histories of Disability (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 398)
HS 262 History and Politics of the Balkans (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as PS 262, PS 333 and HS 333)
HS 263 Empire in East Asia 1600 - Present (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 376)
HS 307 Peace and War in Ancient Rome (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 228,
CL 228, and CL 307)
HS 311 Global Communism (same as HS 233)
HS 319 Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
HS 324 Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean from Troy to Iraq (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 224)
HS 333 History and Politics of the Balkans (same as HS 262, PS 262, PS 333)
HS 342 Health and Illness in Latin America (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023 and beyond; same as HS 442)
HS 346 Revolutionary America (same as HS 241)
HS 357 Racial Justice and Truth Telling in Baltimore (same as HS 452, SC 348)
HS 359D African American History Through Film (same as HS 244)
HS 363 A Century of Diplomacy: U.S. Foreign Policy Since 1890 (same as HS 213)
HS 364 War Memory (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS447)
HS 366 The Civil Rights Era (same as HS218)
HS 372 The Vietnam War through Film and Literature (Same as HS 451)
HS 373 Contesting Empire: Nationalism and Decolonization in the Afro-Atlantic World
HS 376 Empire in East Asia: 1600 - Present (Same as HS 363)
HS 383 Violence and Holiness in 20th Century El Salvador (same as TH 209)
HS 390 Gender & Sexuality in Latin America
HS 397 Women and Gender in the Middle East (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as
HS 223)
HS 398 Global Histories of Disability (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 251)
HS 442D Health & Illness in Latin America (same as HS 342D)
HS 443 Nationalism and Decolonization (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 373)
HS 447 War Memory (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 364)
HS 452 Racial Justice and Truth Telling in Baltimore (same as HS 357, SC 348)
HS 474 Holocaust Memory in Germany and America
HS 489 Seminar: America in the Middle East
HS 492 Seminar: Minority Identity & Citizenship in the Modern World
HS 495 Seminar: East Asia in the Global 1960's

Political Science options for Topic 2

PS 304 Politics of the Middle East
PS 307 Global Politics of Migration
PS 310 Protest and Mobilization in Authoritarian Regimes
PS 333 History and Politics of the Balkans (same as PS 262, HS 262, HS 333)
PS 334 Global Justice
PS 335 Refugees and International Politics
PS 352 Gender, Human Rights, and Conflict
PS 360 Transitional Justice
PS 361 9/11 and American Foreign Policy
PS 363 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
PS 364 International Relations through Non-Western Lenses
PS 369 Russian Foreign Policy
PS 404 Seminar: Politics in Contemporary China
PS 423 Genocide, Trauma, Memory: Mass Atrocity in the 21st Century
PS 426 Seminar: Conflict, Peace and Reconciliation in the Balkans
PS 472 Seminar: Warfare and Human Nature
PS 480 Seminar: Poland and the Holocaust

Sociology options for Topic 2

SC 339 Conflict and Peace Studies
SC 348 Racial Justice and Truth Telling in Baltimore Contesting Empire: Nationalism and Decolonization in the Afro-Atlantic World - only Spring 25 (same as HS 357/HS 452)
SC 362 Global Inequalities
SC 363 Special Topics in Global Studies: Global Immigration
SC 373 Sociology of Human Rights
SC 376 Israel-Palestine: Conflict Narratives, Media Framing, and Peace-Building
SC 377 Social Movements and Social Protest
SC 422 Food Fight: Inequality, Injustice, and Resistance in the Food System
SC 441 Seminar: Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation in Divided Societies

Course options outside the Global Studies Disciplines for Topic 2

CL 228 Peace and War in Ancient Rome (open to students with catalogue year 2022-23 or beyond; same as HS 228)
CL 307 Peace and War in Ancient Rome (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 307)
FR 332 Trauma and Testimony: Representations of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda
ML 404 Another America, Central America
PL 228 Philosophical Perspective: Philosophy and Genocide
PL 305 Ethics & Politics Humanitarian Intervention
TH 209 Violence and Holiness in 20th Century El Salvador (same as HS 383)
TH 323 Worship, Culture, and Justice
TH 370 Liberation Theology: Roots, Branches and Critiques

Topic 3: Identity, Place, and Power

The process of globalization entails a fundamental tension between global dynamics and our specific, multi-layered national, religious, cultural, class, gender, and professional identities. How is globalization affecting the way we shape our identity as individuals and as a community? And how do our local, contextual, specific identities contribute to shape the process of globalization? Included in this topic are courses on ethnic identity, religion, gender, and nationalism. The issues of exile, migration and displacement are also addressed.

History options for Topic 3

HS 213 A Century of Diplomacy: U.S. Foreign Policy Since 1890 (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS 363)
HS 216 A Queer History of Europe and North America (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond)
HS 220 Colonial Africa (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 388D)
HS 223 Women and Gender in Middle East (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 397D)
HS 227 Introduction Modern Latin America
HS 230 The Early Middle Ages (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS 303)
HS 233 Global Communism (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS 311)
HS 235 Modern Germany (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS 318)
HS 237 History of the Soviet Union (open to students using the 2022 -2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS 323)
HS 248 Violence and Holiness in 20th Century El Salvador (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS 395)
HS 249 History of Mexico (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 385)
HS 250 Introduction to Islamic History (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS 393)
HS 255 Indian History, Culture, and Religion through Film (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS 375)
HS 262 History and Politics of the Balkans (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS 333)
HS 263 Empire in East Asia 1600 - Present (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond; same as HS 376)
HS 281 Search for the Devine: Hindu, Christian, Muslim and Buddhist Ways in India (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS 381)
HS 303 The Early Middle Ages (same as HS 230)
HS 308 Medieval Bodies (Same as HS 419)
HS 311 Global Communism (same as HS 233)
HS 317D Germans in Africa, Africans in Germany (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as
HS 417D)
HS 318 Creation of Modern Germany (same as HS 235)
HS 323 History of the Soviet Union (same as HS 237)
HS 328 Sex and the City (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS 416)
HS 330 Gender, Race & Class in Modern Europe (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as
HS 410)
HS 333 History and Politics of the Balkans (same as HS 262)
HS 342 Health and Illness in Latin America (open to students using the 2022 - 2023 academic catalogue and beyond, same as HS 442)
HS 357 Racial Justice and Truth Telling in Baltimore (same as HS 452, SC 348)
HS 363 US Foreign Policy since 1890 (Same as HS 213)
HS 372 The Vietnam War through Film and Literature (Same as HS 451)
HS 373 Contesting Empire: Nationalism and Decolonization in the Afro-Atlantic World (same as HS 443)
HS 375 Indian History, Culture, and Religion through Film (same as HS 255)
HS 376 Empire in East Asia: 1600 - Present (Same as HS 363)
HS 381 Search for the Divine: Hindu, Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist Ways in India (same as HS 281D)
HS 383 Violence and Holiness in 20th Century El Salvador (same as TH 209, HS 248)
HS 385 History of Mexico (same as HS 249D)
HS 388 Colonial Africa (open to students using the academic catalogue prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 220)
HS 390 Gender & Sexuality in Latin America
HS 393 Introduction to Islamic History (same as HS 250)
HS 397 Women and Gender in the Middle East (open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as
HS 223)
HS 410 Gender, Race, & Class in Modern Europe (same as HS 330)
HS 416 Sex and the City (same as HS 328)
HS 417 Germans in Africa, Africans in Germany (same as HS 317D)
HS 419 Medieval Bodies (same as HS 308)
HS 442 Health & Illness in Latin America (same as HS 342)
HS 443 Contesting Empire: Nationalism and Decolonization in the Afro-Atlantic World(open to students using the academic catalogue year prior to 2022 - 2023; same as HS 373)
HS 450 History of Afghanistan
HS 452 Racial Justice and Truth Telling in Baltimore (same as HS 357 and SC 348)
HS 470 Seminar: European Imperial Societies
HS 478 Seminar: Global Histories of Sexuality
HS 489D Seminar: America in the Middle East
HS 492 Seminar: Minority Identity & Citizenship in the Modern World
HS 495 Seminar: East Asia in the Global 1960's

Political Science options for Topic 3

PS 302 Chinese Politics
PS 304 Politics of the Middle East
PS 306 Politics of Russia
PS 307 Global Politics of Migration
PS 308 China and Globalization
PS 309 Political Economy of Development
PS 311 African Politics
PS 332 Politics Through Literature and Film
PS 333 History and Politics of the Balkans
PS 334 Global Justice
PS 335 Refugees and International Politics
PS 336 Politics and Globalization of Taiwan
PS 360 Transitional Justice
PS 363 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
PS364 International Relations through Non-Western Lenses
PS 396 The Politics of Eastern Europe
PS 404 Seminar: Politics of Resistance in Contemporary China
PS 423 Genocide, Trauma, Memory: Mass Atrocity in the 21st Century
PS 497 Queer and Feminist Theory in Global Context (spring 2025 only)

Sociology options for Topic 3

SC 209 Cultural Anthropology
SC 210 Introduction to Gender and Sexuality Studies
SC 339 Conflict and Peace Studies
SC 348 Racial Justice and Truth Telling in Baltimore - Only Spring 25 (same as HS 357/HS452)
SC 363 Special Topics in Global Studies: Global Immigration
SC 376 Israel-Palestine: Conflict Narratives, Media Framing, and Peace-Building
SC 378 Islamic Social Movements
SC 441 Seminar: Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation in Divided Societies

Course options outside the Global Studies Disciplines for Topic 3

AH 326 The Crusades in Medieval Visual Culture
AH 327D Islamic Art
EN 376 Post-Colonial Literature
EN 385 Seminar in Post-Colonial Literature
EN 387 Seminar: Colonial Literature
FR 332 Trauma and Testimony: Representations of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda
IB 300 Intro Czech Business and Culture (same as MG 300)
MG 300 Intro Czech Business and Culture (same as IB 300)
ML 211 Topics in European Culture and Civilization
ML 307 Topics in Comparative Cultures and Literary Studies
ML 342 From Plymouth Rock to Ellis Island: An Examination of Immigration to America
ML 362 The Early Latino Experience in the United States
ML 365 Home Here and Abroad: Why it Matters So Much
ML 392 Introduction to Latin American and Latino Studies
PL 228 Philosophical Perspectives: Philosophy and Genocide
SN 329D Spanish in the United States
TH 209 Violence and Holiness in 20th Century El Salvador (same as HS 383)
TH 323 Worship, Culture and Justice
TH 384 Christianity and Islam

Topic 4: Individualized Topic

This topic crosses the topical boundaries of topics 1, 2, and 3; students interested in shaping a topic of their own will have to draft a one-page proposal that suggests a title, offers a brief rationale, and lists some of the courses they intend to take; students will have to discuss their project with their advisor and – after an agreement between student and advisor has been reached – submit the final proposal to the Global Studies Director for acceptance, copying the advisor.

Senior Seminar in Global Studies (GT 400)

The course is intended as an opportunity for integrating students' experience of the global studies program. It consists of a senior project, guest lectures by Global Studies faculty and visiting lecturers, and other integrative work selected by the instructor. The course is offered each spring semester.

International Experience

Global Studies majors must participate in a sustained, immersive academic experience that is international in nature to graduate with the major. Study abroad, either for a semester, a year or a summer, is the preferred option. This can be done via a Loyola-approved program, or via a program taken through another university with the prior approval of the Global Studies Director.

If study abroad is impossible, a student may fulfill the International Experience requirement by (1) completing the requirements for a minor in a foreign language (recommended); (2) completing an internship (requires prior approval by the Global Studies Director and may be completed for credit by enrolling in GT 401); or (3) by taking a service-learning course in which the student works with individuals or communities in global contexts. The service-learning course should be a course that is already a part of the Global Studies curriculum. To pursue the service-learning substitute for study abroad, the student must get prior approval from the Global Studies Director and complete an approval form. Service-learning course options vary by semester and cannot be guaranteed. After the service-learning course is completed, the student must ask the course instructor to send confirmation of the student’s service work to Mary Kate Schneider, Director of Global Studies, HU 250H, mschneider5@loyola.edu.

Service-Learning Courses (must have global or international context)

Cross-Counting

For students who choose to double-major in global studies and another major or major in global studies and minor in one or two minors, Global Studies departmentally-approved courses cross-count for both majors and for the major and one or two minors so long as the policy of the other department or program is in agreement. We impose no limit on this cross-counting. Students interested in double-majoring (or majoring and minoring) should consult both departments early in their career.

Suggested Core Courses for Global Studies majors

To meet the first history core requirement, majors should consider one of the following:

HS100 Encountering the Past

Because a broad understanding of international issues and traditions is essential, students are strongly encouraged to take a world religion course as the second core theology requirement; for example:

TH247 The Presence of God: Christian Mysticism, East and West
TH261 Introduction to Judaism
TH266 Christian Theology and World Religions
TH270 Creation and Evolution

To meet the natural science core requirement, majors should consider one of the following:

BL104 Twisted Planet: Global Issues in Biology
BL107 Life on the Edge
BL111 Environmental Biology
BL115 Biology, Evolution, and Human Nature
BL276 Human Health & the Environment

In addition, students are encouraged to use Loyola's core language requirement to attain competency in the language that is most relevant to their topical focus.